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The Defense Department says a Fort Carson, Colorado soldier from Oklahoma has died in Afghanistan. The military says 28-year-old Sergeant Allen McKenna Junior of Noble, Oklahoma died yesterday in Kandahar province. McKenna...More >>

Military officials say an Oklahoma soldier has died in Afghanistan.More >>

A legislative committee recommends Oklahoma create its own health insurance exchange to avoid having the federal government establish one for it.More >>

Prosecutors in Sedgwick County have dropped drug charges against former heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison, less than a year after unrelated drug charges were dismissed in Emporia.More >>

Oklahoma County prosecutors have charged a Midwest City man with first-degree murder in the death of his aunt at her home.More >>

A lawsuit challenging a scholarship program for children with disabilities is prompting a state lawmaker to seek a constitutional amendment.More >>

Vian High School says its homecoming queen has died after suddenly falling ill with a suspected case of the flu.More >>

The superintendent of Oklahoma's largest school district says he's "very concerned" that the state Department of Education may take over 24 schools identified as needing improvement.More >>

Three energy companies have announced plans to build a 210-mile pipeline to carry crude oil from western and north-central Oklahoma to the storage facility in Cushing.More >>

More witnesses are scheduled to testify in the bribery and extortion trial of the former leader of the Oklahoma Senate.More >>

Attorney General Scott Pruitt has asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to set an execution date for a death row inmate who was convicted of a fatal 1975 shooting.More >>

Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for two young boys whose mother allegedly threatened to drive a vehicle with the children in it into a lake before she allowed their father to have visitation.More >>

Two bills to reduce Oklahoma's personal income tax have cleared a Senate committee over the objections of some Democrats who say the proposals dangerously threaten core state services.More >>

American Airlines workers in Tulsa say they are stepping up efforts to save hundreds of local jobs that could be on the bankrupt company's chopping block.More >>

Increased tax collections will give Oklahoma lawmakers about $47 million more to spend on the upcoming fiscal year - money that Gov. Mary Fallin says should be returned to Oklahomans in the form of a tax cut.More >>

A natural gas driller and a pipeline company are proposing to build a new pipeline to carry natural gas from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale to the New York and New England markets.More >>

Searchers on the ground and by air have been trying to find a small airplane that disappeared from radar and lost radio contact over West Texas.More >>

Oklahoma's multicounty grand jury will resume meeting this week after it did not finish its investigation earlier in the month.More >>

Attorneys are expected to give their final arguments Tuesday in the trial of two white supremacist brothers accused of bombing a city official in Arizona because he is black.More >>

An Oklahoma man is in custody after northern Arizona authorities say they found methamphetamine and nearly $60,000 in cash in his vehicle.More >>

Oklahoma prosecutors want the Legislature to revive a bill that would require a prescription to purchase cold tablets that contain a key ingredient used to make methamphetamine.More >>

An approaching storm system is bringing severe weather to Oklahoma.More >>

The trial of an Oklahoma woman accused of killing her newborn baby has been postponed.More >>

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has scheduled an April 19 hearing on a lawsuit concerning the water rights of two Oklahoma-based American Indian tribes in their historic territories in southeastern Oklahoma.More >>

An Oklahoma lawmaker is pushing a bill to require drug testing for certain welfare recipients.More >>

The Rogers County sheriff says a woman was killed when she got into an argument with a man who later left in a pickup truck, running her over and dragging her body for several feet.More >>

Mike Miller and Matt Russell had two RBIs each to help lead Cal Poly to a 6-0 victory over Oklahoma State in California.More >>

A spokesman for the Colorado U.S. Attorney's Office says an assistant U.S. Attorney died while snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park.More >>

The director of the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs is retiring.More >>

Ottawa County authorities say skeletal remains have been found in a wooded area near Cardin.More >>

The Oklahoma State Cowboys were held to two hits in a season-opening baseball loss to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif.More >>

Despite the defeat in a Senate subcommittee of a bill that would require prescriptions for cold medicines that contain pseudoephedrine - supporters of the idea say they'll continue to fight for the requirement.More >>

Investigators say DNA has linked a Colorado inmate suspected of being the "Ether Man" serial rapist to a string of sexual assaults that roiled the University of Oklahoma campus from 1985 to 2005.More >>

The University of Oklahoma is remembering journalist Anthony Shadid as one if its "most outstanding former students."More >>

Production of Marcellus Shale natural gas in Pennsylvania rose again in the second half of 2011, slightly exceeding projections.More >>

Gov. Mary Fallin will be on hand as a group of Oklahoma National Guard soldiers return from a deployment in Afghanistan.More >>

A bill that would prevent teenage drivers from using cell phones while driving has cleared a Senate panel.More >>

Oklahoma County prosecutors have filed two first-degree murder counts against three people in the death of a pregnant Midwest City woman.More >>

The Bureau of Indian Affairs says two property owners who are leasing land in Broken Arrow to an Oklahoma tribe that plans to build a casino must obtain a lease approved by the agency.More >>

Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is planning a stop at Tulsa's Oral Roberts University next week - the same place rival Rick Santorum visited a week ago.More >>

A death-row inmate originally scheduled to be executed Thursday night will instead be put to death March 17 if the governor's legal team decides against commuting the man's sentence to life in prison.More >>

An Oklahoma City Metro Transit Bus and a sport utility vehicle have collided just west of downtown - injuring 12 people, including one in serious condition.More >>

Officials say a collision involving an Oklahoma City school bus resulted in two high school students being taken to a local hospital.More >>

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a 5-year-old boy was killed when he was trying to climb into the back of a moving pickup truck.More >>

Oklahoma voters will have the final say on whether state office holders can keep their jobs after being called up for military service.More >>

The nephew of a Midwest City woman who was found dead in her home earlier this week has been arrested on a first-degree murder complaint.More >>

The Oklahoma Senate has overwhelmingly approved an anti-abortion "personhood" bill that declares life begins at conception, despite objections from the medical community that the bill could have dire unintended consequences.More >>

Authorities in Enid have arrested a man on suspicion of second-degree murder after another man died in a bar fight.More >>

Oklahoma House Speaker Kris Steele's water bill that sets a statewide goal of keeping Oklahoma's water demand static for the next 50 years has cleared its first legislative hurdle.More >>

A coalition of Indian tribes is welcoming a court ruling that tribes cannot be held in contempt for commercial ventures such as personal loans offered over the Internet.More >>

Health officials are trying to determine if the death of a 4-month-old Pawnee County boy and the illness of a Tulsa elementary school student are from bacterial meningitis.More >>

Testimony is set to resume in federal court in the bribery and conspiracy trial of the former leader of the Oklahoma Senate.More >>

Democrats in Oklahoma City have kept a downtown-area Senate seat in their party's hands.More >>

The polls have closed in two primary and two general elections for Oklahoma legislative seats left vacant by the deaths of two lawmakers and the departure of two others.More >>

A bill to gradually increase the legal age to purchase tobacco in Oklahoma from 18 to 21 has passed out of a House committee.More >>

The Midwest City police chief says a 64-year-old woman was found dead and her nephew and his girlfriend were found unresponsive and nude in an adjacent bedroom, suffering from gas asphyxiation after a stove was left on.More >>

State finance officials say sales tax collections to Oklahoma's general revenue fund last month reached an all-time high.More >>

Oklahoma voters will have the final say on whether the governor should be involved in the parole process for nonviolent criminals.More >>

Freezing fog has slickened roadways across Oklahoma and led to numerous automobile crashes across the state.More >>

Salina will name the basketball court at its Bicentennial Center after Kurt Budke, a native of the city who died in a plane crash while coaching Oklahoma State's women's basketball team.More >>

Oklahoma County prosecutors have charged the husband of a slain pregnant woman with first-degree murder.More >>

Prosecutors and defense attorneys are scheduled to deliver opening statements in the trial of the former leader of the Oklahoma Senate who is accused of illegally accepting more than $400,000 in payments from three companies...More >>

Tomorrow's primary is the first step in filling four seats in the state Legislature. Among the seats open are Senate District 20 in north-central Oklahoma and House District 71 in Tulsa. Voters will also decide races for...More >>

Authorities are removing more than a dozen emaciated horses from a property in rural Logan County.More >>

The state medical examiner's office says a Blanchard woman who was found dead last month was stabbed to death.More >>

Highway crews are plowing roadways and applying salt and sand as a winter storm makes its way across Oklahoma.More >>

Cleveland County sheriff's deputies have moved prisoners from the jail in downtown Norman to the new F. DeWayne Beggs Detention Center.More >>

Authorities closed a federal highway in western Oklahoma after numerous cars failed to maneuver an incline left slippery by falling snow.More >>

Residents in Arkansas and Oklahoma are preparing for an approaching winter storm that threatened to dump snow, sleet and freezing rain on both states.More >>

Authorities are investigating the death of a Mulhall woman found alongside a highway in Logan County as suspicious.More >>

It's been nearly six years since state workers have seen a pay raise, and it's unlikely one will come anytime soon.More >>

The first significant winter storm of the season for Oklahoma and Arkansas is expected to move into the two states starting during the weekend.More >>

A Bartlesville man has been convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife.More >>

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is casting himself as a strict conservative as he looks to reset his campaign following three losses to rival Rick Santorum.More >>

An Oklahoma County judge facing felony charges of fraud, perjury and conspiracy says she will resign on March 1.More >>

Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum's visit to the Sooner State this week is energizing Republican Party officials, who are optimistic Oklahoma can shed its reputation as a flyover state when it comes to presidential...More >>

Housing authorities in Oklahoma have received $14.5 million to make large-scale improvements to public housing units throughout the state.More >>

A Monroe couple accused of child neglect and sexual abuse has been bound over for trial.More >>

The Broken Arrow Police Department says two elementary schools are on lockdown after a man reportedly tried to abduct a 13-year-old girl from a bus stop.More >>

An Oklahoma anti-war group says the Army private accused of leaking classified material to Wikileaks should receive the Nobel Peace Prize.More >>

Winter isn't done with Oklahoma just yet.More >>

Delaware County authorities say an 18-year-old girl shot her former teenage boyfriend and then killed herself.More >>

Rick Santorum stirs his ever-growing crowds when he promises to right a country awash in "immoral debt" and to replace an administration he argues has, in his words, "callousness toward life and family and faith."More >>

The stepfather of Oscar- and Grammy winner, Cher, has died in Oklahoma City.More >>

An Oklahoma appeals court has upheld the life in prison sentences of a man convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for the shotgun slayings of two men at a Sperry residence.More >>

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is defending his use of spending earmarks in Congress, saying some were necessary for defense or health programs.More >>